Category: Pulse Beat Articles

Cassandra Tkachuk, Research Project Manager, MPSG Pulse Beat 96, Fall/Winter 2022 PULSE ROOT ROT NETWORK The Pulse Root Rot Network (PRRN) is a new initiative MPSG has been involved with in 2022. This network was launched by the three western Canadian pulse organizations – Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, Alberta Pulse Growers and Manitoba Pulse & Soybean…

By Toban Dyck, Burr Forest Group and Lyle Wiens, IntelliFARM Pulse Beat 96, Fall/Winter 2022 I’D LIKE TO introduce you to Lyle Wiens. He lives and works in southern Manitoba as a marketing advisor with IntelliFARM. He is no stranger to farming. He was raised on a farm, where he worked and gathered insights into…

Erin Gowirluk, Executive Director, Grain Growers of Canada Pulse Beat 96, Fall/Winter 2022 CANADIAN GRAIN FARMERS want to lead the development of the policies and programs that will shape agriculture’s contributions to Canada’s net-zero commitment. Canada is a big country and our agricultural landscape is varied. Green agriculture policy cannot be developed solely in boardrooms…

Brian Innes, Executive Director, Soy Canada Pulse Beat 96, Fall/Winter 2022 GLOBAL CONFLICT AND INFLATION have made markets incredibly volatile in 2022. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine sending markets into chaos and many countries still recovering from the impacts of the global pandemic, commodity markets have been on a roller coaster. Despite volatility, global…

Soybeans – A Wild Ride in Manitoba Daryl Domitruk, Executive Director, MPSG Pulse Beat 96, Fall/Winter 2022 THE ROLLER COASTER known as the Manitoba soybean industry continues its wild ride. The 2022 season started with a nervous tug on the seatbelt as seeding delays caused acres to lurch below 1 million for the first time…

Melvin Rattai, Chair, MPSG Pulse Beat 96, Fall/Winter 2022 I AM HONOURED and privileged to serve you as Chair of Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers (MPSG), a position I have held since our last AGM. It feels good when your peers, with whom you have worked for many years, have faith in your ability to…